Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Emerson Hancock (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 53	‐
VBR	# 325	# 1113

Projections

Strikeouts	42	6
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.33	5.45
WHIP	1.32	1.61

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 61	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 69	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 54	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 50	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 47	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	10

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	105.1	20.2

Wins	6	1

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	80	22

Earned Runs	37	9

Home Runs Allowed	13	4

Strikeouts	97	17

Walks	26	6

ERA	3.16	3.92

WHIP	1.01	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	10

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	47.5	7.6

Wins	3	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	9

Earned Runs	23	5

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	42	6

Walks	15	3

ERA	4.33	5.45

WHIP	1.32	1.61

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
News
	Emerson Hancock will start Wednesday’s game against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Blas Castano is scheduled to throw another bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon reported that the Mariners are “open” to moving Emerson Hancock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Rockies right-hander Blas Castano (pectoral) threw his first bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to do so again on July 28. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	Emerson Hancock allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Blas Castano is hopeful to face hitters this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Emerson Hancock will start Wednesday's series finale against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Blas Castano is continuing his throwing program. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Emerson Hancock had X-rays return negative on his finger injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Blas Castano has begun playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA			Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#409
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Wed, Jul 1st				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Emerson Hancock (2026)

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